DTS, AC3 won't work

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DTS, AC3 won't work

I am linking my Macbook Pro via HDMI to my TV and my polk audio surround bar to watch movies off my hard drive.

I am using divX 7 to open the movies. All the video is working, however the Audio on my AC3 videos is only playing static and on my DTS movies the audio is not playing at all and it just gives a warning saying that I need a Quicktime codec 8193.

I haven't been able to find the 8193 codec.

I have quicktime 10, Perian 1.2.3 and the latest DivX 7 plus. I also have VLC. The audio works through VLC however it is not AC3 or DTS quality.

I have enabled both the passthroughs as per the instructions at this link www.cod3r.com/2008/02/the-correct-way-to-enable-AC3-passthrough-through-quickti me/

Things I have tried:

I have deleted DivX and re-installed it.

I have deleted Perian and re-installed different versions.

Ran software update on my mac.

Opened with QT (Perian).

Cleaned up the quicktime/library codecs as per Perians recommendations on their support page.

Searched unsuccessfully for 8193 codec.

My macbook pro is running the following:

Mac OS X 10.6.8

2.4 GHz Intel Icore i5

Memory 4gb 1067MHz DDR3

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Posted on Mar 2, 2012 9:32 PM

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Mar 3, 2012 1:54 AM in response to rekkas

This is usually a type of question way outside of the skills of people here, but who knows, I'll bump it just in case.

Only thing I could think of is that you have an older MBP where you need a separate digital optical cable. As for the 8193 Codec, it's of course a newish DTS encoder/decoder. If you were using Final Cut Pro X, you'd have it, but that'll cost you a few bucks.

Try this:

http://qt-ac3-codec.en.softonic.com/mac

I don't know if it's a safe download, but give it a try.

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